Starkly beautiful for certain. Still I've had with all this subzero & snow. We're fleeing the tundra for Florida. btw I recently read a great memoir, The Florist Daughter by Patricia Stampl. Pulitzer, I think.

All, I’m snowed under your nice comments, thanks! It hasn’t started snowing yet and the forecast is varying from 1 inch (if the storm stays south) to half a foot. We won’t know if it’s a snow day until tomorrow morning. It is at least warmer now (20s F) as it often is on stormy days.

I actually screamed on Monday morning when I opened the shades to those icicles and then again when I saw the thermometer. It was actually -14 F (that’s -25 C, Judy and others) right before sunrise and never made it past +4 F (-15 C). I stuck my head out the door, thinking about skiing, and decided it was too cold to even collect the mail from my driveway. I retreated like a ground hog for the day and worked in my warm office. Even my son’s Nordic Ski Team practice was cancelled then, but today I skied and he raced.

Troutbirder, thanks for the book recommendation, although I don’t usually read much nonfiction.

Your post really caught my eye, Sarah! I love the ice crystal photos...so beautiful! Yep, that's the Maine I remember. Hasn't changed a bit;-) Bundle up, stock up and stay warm. We just got about 8 inches of heavy wet snow last night, which is now crusted over this morning. Schools are cancelled. But it's NOT Maine;-)

All, it’s possible that NYC and the south has out snowed Maine this year. I hear the city got 19 inches from the last storm and we only got an inch. The kids were very disappointed not to have a school day. The only difference up north is that the cold temps makes the snow last longer and pile up, but at least it’s pretty.

I was very surprised to find that the mercury hit -22℃ there. Oh I have never experienced such bitter cold so far. I'm embarrassed I'm always complaining about this level of cold(0℃）here. The photos are beautiful! "dream crystals" reminds me of HCA's "The Snow Queen"!!

I love especially the first two--wow! I saw some of those ice crystals in Vermont but was rushing to class and didn't have time to take a picture. Happy to see your photo. It's amazing when you can see all the little spokes and tendrils of an individual crystal.

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I'm an artist and a book junkie. I grew up in NYC and now live in Maine with my British husband, who teaches Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. We have two teenaged kids and a dog called Scout. I write young adult fiction and review novels for adults and for teens. I'm represented by Laura Geringer and Justin Rucker at Shannon Associates in New York.